I'm not a hoarder. You know someone who buys things they don't need and keeps things they never use. Although if you looked in my closet at the moment, you may disagree...haha. Definitely time for a good spring cleaning in there.
I do however find it hard not to buy interesting food products. Sauces, olive oils, chocolate, etc.. I find myself buy these things with no real idea of what I'm going to do with them but figuring out ways to use them is half the fun. The food sections in stores like Big Lots and TJ Maxx are some of my favorite places.
I came across these cappuccino chips while pillaging in our local Big Lots. I love the food section at Big Lots because it's a bit like a scavenger hunt, you never know what you might come across. I've found all sorts of things from chutney's to chocolate, all at really great prices. Yes you have to scrounge around a bit but you can find some really cool stuff. There's only one downside, you may never come across the same product twice. So if you fall in love with some product, it may never be there again! Oh well, time to try something new, I guess.
I wanted to make these chips into cookies and I thought they'd be really good with a chocolate cookie. I couldn't find a recipe that was exactly want I wanted so I adapted a recipe for chocolate chocolate chip cookies. I added a little cinnamon and some espresso powder to the these cookies. I think that a little coffee added to chocolate really adds depth of flavor to the chocolate and would be good with the cappuccino chips. The next time I make these, I think I'll do half cappuccino chips and half chocolate chips, just because I'd like them to be a bit more chocolaty. Well that's my plan if I can find the cappuccino chips again!
Chocolate Cappuccino Cookies
Method
2 1/4 cups flour
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
2 sticks butter, softened
1 cup granulated sugar
1 cup packed brown sugar
2 large eggs, beaten
1 1/2 tsp vanilla
1/2 tsp cinnamon
2 tsp espresso powder
1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa
2 cups cappuccino chips
1 cup chopped walnuts (optional)
Instructions
Preheat oven to 375 degrees. In a bowl, stir together flour, salt, and baking soda. In another large bowl stir together butter, sugars, eggs, vanilla, cinnamon, espresso powder and cocoa. Gradually stir flour mixture into butter mixture. Mix until combined. Stir in cappuccino chips (and walnuts, if using) until they are evenly distributed. Drop dough by tablespoonfuls onto greased baking sheets. Bake about 10 minutes. Cool on a baking rack.
